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Because child pornography laws were not intended to address sexting, the legal consequences for teens engaging in sexting are truly bizarre.Devoted partners sharing an intimate photograph face the same punishment as a bully who maliciously sends a naked picture of an ex to the entire school.Not to mention that it would be a public relations nightmare if discovered. They have much better things to do than listen to your mundane conversations. What if you are really “interesting”, by someone’s definition?

However, as the ACLU has explained in a letter to prosecutors in Washington, prosecutors can and should exercise their discretion to avoid treating teen sexting incidents the same as adult exploitation of children.

EG that a minor can be charged with distribution of child pornography for taking and sending a picture of their intimate areas to another person.

The court ruled that the statutory language allowed the charges, and deferred to the way the Legislature has written the law.

At that point, sexting is neither consensual nor innocuous.

One may have any number of personal objections to sexting, but as long as sexted images are taken voluntarily and shared consensually, it is none of the government’s business.

Because, however, the pictures involved in sexting are digital, it is easy for recipients to distribute them in ways that the original sender never intended or imagined.